This paper reports on the first phase of a longitudinal project investigating the perceived purposes that different stakeholders have for primary physical education (PE). In the study, the views of 19 teacher educators from seven countries across Europe were sought. While teacher educators may have some influence across the layers of an education system, little is known about this stakeholder group and their views about primary PE. Analysis of focus group conversations depicts that, while the teacher educators come from a wide range of contexts, their views on the purposes of primary PE were more similar than different. With primary PE in danger of disconnecting into different schools of thought, this finding is important because it suggests that more coherent and connected approaches have the potential to be developed. In line with most government policies from the seven countries, similarities focused on both an educational and outward-looking view of primary PE. Significantly, while the teacher educators recognised the key role of physical learning in primary PE, they also highlighted how children's social, emotional, and cognitive learning form part of an integrated view of primary PE. Teacher educators recognised the importance of primary PE expanding beyond the hall/gymnasium and into classroom, school, and community settings. However, some concerns were voiced about the influence of outsourcing and sport agendas that currently dominate. The views of these teacher educators offer a useful starting point for further investigation, particularly as they present the purposes of primary PE from both an integrated and educational perspective.

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小学体育教育的目的：教师教育者的观点

本文报告了纵向项目的第一阶段，该项目调查了不同利益相关者对初级体育教育 (PE) 的认知目的。在这项研究中，征求了来自欧洲七个国家的 19 名教师教育工作者的意见。虽然教师教育工作者可能对教育系统的各个层面都有一定的影响力，但人们对这个利益相关者群体及其对小学体育的看法知之甚少。对焦点小组对话的分析表明，虽然教师教育工作者来自不同的背景，但他们对小学体育目的的看法相似多于不同。由于初级体育面临着与不同思想流派脱节的危险，这一发现很重要，因为它表明有可能开发出更加连贯和相互联系的方法。与这七个国家的大多数政府政策一致，相似之处都集中在初级体育的教育和外向观点上。值得注意的是，虽然教师教育工作者认识到体育学习在小学体育中的关键作用，但他们也强调了儿童的社交、情感和认知学习如何构成小学体育综合观点的一部分。教师教育工作者认识到初级体育运动超越礼堂/体育馆并进入课堂、学校和社区环境的重要性。然而，人们对目前占主导地位的外包和体育议程的影响表示了一些担忧。这些教师教育工作者的观点为进一步调查提供了有用的起点，特别是当他们从综合和教育的角度阐述了小学体育的目的时。